Croat veteran Lovren awaits another Neymar face-off

IMAGE: Croatia's Dejan Lovren, who generally starts as a right-side centre back, will have the support of RB Leipzig prodigy Josko Gvardiol to help him. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters As......

Near full-strength Brazil are 'terrifying'

'Brazil are the most powerful and the best national team at the World Cup' 'When you take a look at their players, their quality, skills and value, then it is indeed terrifying' IMAGE: Brazil will......

FIFA World Cup: Instinct drives Croatia's hero Livakovic

'We had a fantastic goalkeeper today, Livakovic, he was great, he was insurmountable, he defended the penalties in a very strong, stable manner.'   IMAGE: Croatia 'keeper Dominik Livakovic......

Japan need new tactics against plucky Croatia

IMAGE: Inviting teams onto them for 45 minutes then switching to a more offensive formation and trying to snatch goals on the break worked perfectly against Spain and Germany but was a bust in......

How one childish mistake snatched victory from Brazil's grasp

Brazil were leading 1-0 three minutes from time. Instead of keeping possession and counting down the clock, they aggressively went on the attack and kept their defence unguarded. IMAGE: The shock......